Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing on Saturday won the Locarno Film Festival’s Golden Leopard for his new film Mrs. Fang. The jury, led by French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, awarded the fest’s top prize to Wang, who is considered a leader in the current documentary film movement out of China.
Mrs. Fang is a sobering portrait of death, filmed throughout the last 10 days of the life of an elderly farmer. Last year, Wang won the Venice Film Festival's Horizons award for best screenplay for his film Bitter Money.
Locarno's special jury prize went to Good Manners, a horror-drama feature from Brazilian...
Mrs. Fang is a sobering portrait of death, filmed throughout the last 10 days of the life of an elderly farmer. Last year, Wang won the Venice Film Festival's Horizons award for best screenplay for his film Bitter Money.
Locarno's special jury prize went to Good Manners, a horror-drama feature from Brazilian...
- 8/12/2017
- by Ariston Anderson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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- 1/18/2017
- MUBI
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